St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-10-11

action will send cold chill meandering
up and down the spinal column of the
housewife, for then she knows ''for Ger.
tain"
THERE,LL BE A DEATH IN THE FAMILY.
Bad luck, too, will come if she sweeps
DIRT into her yard. 1t must be taken up
in the house and burned in the stove.
This superstition should be cultivated.
Other superstitiOns of the same char
acter-such as sweeping with a broom
at night time or dumping crumbs in the
yard--desefve universal commentator.
But just let hen crow in the yard Of
some old, way-back farmer. 1t will
cause considerable cOmmOtiOn in the
family. From the infrequency of this
occurrence the belief in the minds of
many people that it fOrtells death is
ineradicable. There are many other
superstitions that are not common to
any particular class, but find believers
In all ranks and every condition of life.
Thus, the familiar verses
If you love me as love you
NO knife shall cut our love in two.
must have been founded on the old
time belief that to present a knife to any
person, and especially if he or she was
loved by the donor, would bring bad
auckland in the case OF lovers a separa-
ton.
bCdGii tChS anu Tile SOuHu as vi
bells ringing in house are cousins ger
man of the Irish "banshee," and the
same direful consequences that are sup
posed to attend the appearance of the
latter will result in the former instance.
A superstition which finds believers
among really intelligent people is that
of the ''howling dog" If dog bowls
or means in front of your house at night,
to many people it is sure forerunner
of sickness or death in the family. The
writer knows of two instances where
the moaning of dog at night in front
OF house was followed by death-that
of the dog.
When the time approaches for the
new moon to appear above the horizon
young men and girls who are love-
stricken will hail it with feelings
OF MINGLED HOPE AND FEAR.
Ii by any miSchance they should first
see the new moon by looking over their
left shoulder, then good bye to all hopes
OF successful issue of their affairs dur
ing the life of that moon.
: All are familiar with the lines: "See
the new moon through the glass, the
sign of trouble while it lasts" Should
the reader ever happen to leave home
and forget some bundle which he in
tended to have taken, let him or her be
sure to either make the sign of the cross
in sand or else sit upon a convenient
horse block. Should they return home
without performing these rites to des-
troy the power of the evil one, they are
likely to suffer some terrible calamity.
10 open and close an umbrella i'm
house is sure sign of death. Perhaps
the man who first said if you enter
house by one door and leave it by
another, or if you enter bya window, it
Will bring some evil consequences,
hoped to scare off burglars who were
contemplating raid upon his silver
ware and decorated china. Anyhow, it
is common belief.
At the breaking up of merry crowd
who have spent the evening in laughter,
cards and fun-making, should four per-
sons In bidding each other good night
cross their hands, there is a general
shout and the victims are assured that
one or the other of them will marry
soon. This is especially unpleasant in
the case of a young man who may be
calling upon the fair daughter of the
family with the most ''innercentest" in
tentiOnS.
Another popular belief, and should it
ever be expressed in your presence YOU
may set the speaker down as country
bred, is that should tree-frog bekilled
his death will be followed shortly by
rain.
''He is as cross as if he got out of bed
on the wrong side," is common ex-
preston.
The custom of walking arm in arm
may owe its origin to belief in the
Olden time that if two person were
walking together and another passed
between them they would be disap-
pointed in something they intended
to do.
The charm against this is for all par
ties to say ''gOod morning."